iN VIDEO: Under quarantine, beautiful voices echo from deserted Italian street

While millions of Italians live in lockdown as the country reacts to the COVID-19 outbreak, this video from the city of Siena shows the triumph of the human spirit.

The (roughly translated) caption reads, "In Siena, the city in which I live, you stay at home but you sing together as if you were on the street. I was moved."

As Twitter user commented, "leave it to the Italians to find beauty in tragedy."

What are you doing to brighten the mood in these trying times? Let us know in the comments below.

A Siena, città alla quale sono molto legato, si sta in casa ma si canta insieme come se si fosse per la strada. Mi sono commosso pic.twitter.com/IDPqNEj3h3

— David Allegranti (@davidallegranti) March 12, 2020

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